Press release

Farhad Salafzoon: “We will do our best to finish in the fifth position, but this is not our place”

Iranian captain Farhad Salafzoon tries to block Indian Vikram during the match

Singh Navjit, Captain of India: “Our serve was not effective today and this was the main difference to their side in this match.”

Iranian captain Farhad Salafzoon: “We will do our best to finish in the fifth position, but this is not our place. We practiced hard for almost two years to play the semifinals.”

M. H. Kumara, Coach of India: “Iran is a power in Youth and Junior categories as they have dominated Asia for the last ten years. We played against them many times and lost most of them. Perhaps that stayed in the players’ minds. We started the match very bad and their setter played very well”.

Jovica Cvetkovic, Coach of Iran: “Iran and India know each other very well. It has being very tough for us not playing the semifinals, but this is where we are now, so we will try our best next match to finish 5th”.